Légende

Impressively located Shergol Gompa, the Buddhist monastery partially set in the mountain cave closed by this awe-inspiring facade. The hill here is built of quite loosely-cemented conglomerate, which is prone to carving. Many inhabitants of Ladakh follow the Tibetan Buddhism, and this Indian region is often called Little Tibet. Shergol, the village located near the Srinagar-Leh road, Zanskar Range of the Himalayas, Kargil District, Union Territory of Ladakh, India, Asia

Date

18 sept. 2013

Crédit

Photo12/imageBROKER/Radek Kucharski

Notre référence

BRK24A53_469

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

34,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 36,2cm x 24,1cm / 4272 x 2848 (300dpi)

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